Portuguese Explorers
Payton Clouser and Erica Castillo
Prince Henry
- Nicknamed the Navigator.
- never went on any voyages, but consumed by the quest to find new lands and spread Christianity.
Bartolemeu Dias (1488)
- early Portuguese explorer.
- sailed to the tip of Africa. (CAPE OF GOOD HOPE)
- first Portuguese.
Vasco da Gama (1497)
- Portuguese explorer.
- sailed past the tip of Africa, what Dias did not accomplish.
- reached the port of Calicut, southwest coast of India.
Age of Exploration Caravels